"Unchecked Powers" in Small Town America: The Real Story of an Undercover Investigation of Two Renegade Constables and How it Impacted a State's Constitution

Monday, October 20, 2025

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM MT

Location: Mile High Ballroom 1CD, Colorado Convention Center

In 2020, the FBI conducted a complex investigation into the hidden and illegal activities of two elected constables in Eastern Kentucky. This presentation will take you behind the scenes of unprecedented problem-solving, leadership challenges, and risk management in a case involving public corruption, deep undercover operations, a gunfight between law enforcement officers, a federal trial followed by podcast listeners, and a successful outcome that led to the amendment of a historic Kentucky constitutional law dating back to the 1800s.

Submitter(s)

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Kiya Amanie Mohammed Khalil

U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
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Mark Korkolis

U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Speaker(s)

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Grant Blevins

Special Agent
FBI
Louisville, Kentucky, United States
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Greg Cox

Special Deputy
Pulaski County Sheriffs Office
Somerset, Kentucky, United States
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Michael McLaughlin

Supervisory Special Agent
FBI
Louisville, Kentucky, United States